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What Japan Teenagers Do in Their Free Time
What Japan Teenagers Do in Their Free Time
What Japan Teenagers Do in Their Free Time
The girls go out to the shopping, have lunch with friends, shop, and visit places. The groups in
general are not very large, but two or three girls. Unlike, perhaps, from other countries, where
Teens, like everyone else, create and follow fashions for dressing and acting. Japan is a traditional
country, but young people know how to combine and create new fashions, such as dressing up
It is also common, in summer, to see young women wearing their yukata, a kind of kimono that is
The most common activities are: karaoke, purikura, shopping, online games and a lot of use of
Purikura is a type of retouched photos that are collectibles; their social networks are Instagram
and snow.
Young people spend 240 days a year in schools, much more than in other countries. Moreover,
teenagers, particularly those who want to enter a good university or have school problems, attend
the well-known juku. Juku are schools that offer private classes on the subject that the student
needs.